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Identity politics is well past its use-by date

Sarah Carey

When unionists and nationalists are even split over their choice of beef, it’s going to be tough to heal our old conflicts

This column is about the disaster of identity politics, but first I have to make what will sound like a bizarre statement. “Last week the Good Friday agreement tweeted a photograph of two packages of beef stir-fry strips from a Tesco in Belfast.”

You see, I’ve become quite addicted to Twitter and waste far too much time joking around with people on it. In theory, I wouldn’t recommend this, but in practice, it can be highly entertaining. People are mad; but they’re funny too.

A few weeks ago one genius set up an account in the name of the Irish border — @BorderIrish. It began by tweeting a photograph of a meeting between EU and British officials sitting around a table crowded out by a huge…